In Case There Was Any Doubt As To The Nerdiness/Intelligence Of Phish Fans...

This discussion is currently raging on the message boards on Phish.net, the band's largest fan site: http://blog.phish.net/1326056166/a-few-choice-words-on-scalpin

Most band fan sites would just complain about exorbitant scalping prices and that would be the end of it. But Phish fans have to get into a discussion about the history of scalping in the U.S. dating back to pre-civil war times, particularly Charles Dickens' 1851 book reading tour. The annecdote about Madison Square Garden colluding with scalpers in the early 20th century is also pretty darn amusing - the more things change the more they stay the same.